From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 12 1: 3:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8613614C98 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:03:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 113b2x-000Dtj-00; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:02:43 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Doug Cc: John Polstra , imp@village.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a BSD identd In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 11 Jul 1999 12:47:30 MST." <3788F4D2.17CBD8C7@gorean.org> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:02:43 +0200 Message-ID: <53426.931766563@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 11 Jul 1999 12:47:30 MST, Doug wrote: > Finally, Brian might want to search the bugtraq archives before > he commits anything. There have been quite a few identd related > discussions, and it would be points in our favor if we didn't come out > with anything that had known exploits. I like this suggestion. I worry about a trend I'm seeing, with more and more people keen to replace existing code with their own virgin code which hasn't had any serious field time behind it. This seems like a very Linuxy development trend. It's the way the Bazaar works, but not in a Cathedral. Rather, you have a look at what's already there and try to work on it. You don't start your own wing a few feet from the Cathedral in the hopes that someone will bash down a similar wing elsewhere and join yours to the main building. Waffle waffle. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message